Description
The small lavender plant known as Munstead lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Munstead) is named for Gertrude Jekylls Munstead Wood garden. Above aromatic grey-green foliage are numerous spikes of fragrant blue-purple flowers. Its a popular lavender for gravel gardens, border edging, and path edging because the scents of its leaf release as you brush by it.
Are English and Munstead lavenders the same?
Indeed. Lavandula angustifolia, the English lavender, is grown as Munstead lavender.
Munstead lavender is a low-growing, woody shrub that is perennial, just as all English lavenders. It attracts bees and other pollinators with its summertime blossoms.
What distinguishes Hidcote lavender from Munstead lavender?
Two varieties of English lavender are Munstead and Hidcote. Hidcote features darker and more densely packed
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